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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Cadence
Triple time
Polytonality
2. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Suite
Verismo
Phrase
Chorale
3. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Progression
Leading note
Tuning
Movement
4. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Ostinato
Slur
Orchestra
Timbre
5. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Tutti
Recital
Leitmotif
Relative major and minor
6. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Gregorian Chant
Unison
Prelude
Dynamics
7. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Overture
Pitch
Fugue
Madrigal
8. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Musicology
Intonation
System
Pentatonic Scale
9. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Allegro
Presto
Espressivo
Musicology
10. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Ricercar
Allegro
Elegy
11. The first violin in an orchestra.
Drone
Concert master
Nocturne
Resonance
12. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Capriccio
Energico
Sonata
Rhythm
13. Sliding between two notes.
Recapitulation
Glissando
Vivace
Octet
14. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Recitative
Notation
Elegy
Cavatina
15. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Beat
Cadenza
Atonal
16. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Leitmotif
Scale
Partial
Tonic
17. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Atonal
Motif
Oratorio
Unison
18. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Tonic
Root
Concerto
Clef
19. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Accelerando
Modulation
Voice
20. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Counterpoint
Modulation
Tone
Leitmotif
21. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Tablature
Exposition
Timbre
Espressivo
22. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Verismo
Ostinato
Serenade
Minuet
23. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Relative pitch
Medley
Gavotte
24. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Canon
Movement
Staff
Tablature
25. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Ensemble
March
Leitmotif
Modes
26. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Waltz
Movement
Slide
Prelude
27. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Slide
Consonance
Tremolo
Dynamics
28. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Gavotte
Glee
Part
Triple time
29. Pertains to tone or tones.
Obbligato
Tonal
Finale
A cappella
30. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Sequence
Notation
Concerto
31. Unmusical - without tone.
Glissando
Canon
Tone less
Legato
32. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Exposition
Grave
Unison
Dissonance
33. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Forte
Concerto
Modes
34. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
EnharmonicInterval
Tuning
Motif
35. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Quartet
Octave
Etude
Reed
36. A reprise.
Finale
Recapitulation
Nonet
Mezzo
37. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Finale
Nonet
Concert master
Oratorio
38. Closing section of a movement.
Clef
Quadrille
Whole-tone scale
Coda
39. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
System
Trill
Chromatic scale
Grandioso
40. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Time Signature
Leading note
Rigaudon
41. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Piano
Piano
Musicology
Motif
42. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
System
Conductor
Notation
Scale
43. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Concert master
Cadenza
Soprano
Finale
44. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Fermata
Flat
Harmony
Partial
45. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Trill
Musette
Musicology
Instrumentation
46. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Forte
Rococo
Rondo
47. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Interpretation
Duet
Triplet
Sequence
48. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Quartet
Grazioso
Pitch
Hymn
49. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Timbre
Flat
Grazioso
Tutti
50. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Movement
Falsetto
Introduction
Canon